Friday, November 28, 2008

Columbia Street Greenway Cleanup BGI is hosting monthly clean-ups, in conjunction with the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association, to help keep the newest segment of the Greenway route free of trash and other debris. BGI will supply tools, trash bags, and water.

Sat 12/6/08 11-5pmPeak Hooplah at 2pmRain Date Sun 12/7/08Free and open to the publicEvent info http://portsidemarywhalen.eventbrite.com/RSVP is not required but is appreciated so we have enough cake and coffee

Free cake, coffee, and tours of the Whalen.Guests include tugs and workboats!Site crew in marine costumes!Master of Ceremonies Jonathan Atkin of http://www.shipshooter.com/Former crew and folks with memories of the WHALEN are invited to come to the microphone and tell stories about the vessel.

While CoWNA supports allowing Phoenix to use Brooklyn maritime resources to reduce the amount of overall truck trips into the city from their current facility at Port Elizabeth, the choice of pier 11 is unfortunate. Within the container port complex, there are much better locations that would place Phoenix and their "1,000s" of delivery trucks with much easier access to the on and off ramps of the BQE and at the foot of Atlantic ave.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Join supporters and friends of the Greenway for an evening of music and program shorts from some of Galapagos’ fabulous resident artists! Proceeds support the development of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a 14-mile off-street bike and pedestrian route that will connect Brooklyn’s parks, neighborhoods and people. Galapagos is located midway along the planned route, so it’s the perfect place for a celebration of recent milestones. Matt Wasowski, founder and Big Boss of Nerd Nite will give a presentation about the Coney Island hot dog eating contest and the fascinating world of competitive eating. The evening features the hot and sweet sounds of Michael Arenella and his music, and more!

Raffle items include dinner for two at iCi in FortGreene, one day of temp help from AppleOne, an ODM Spin watch and gift certificates from The Diamond inGreenpoint, New York Water Taxi, Fairway and Tres Belle Petite Medispa. And cupcakes from Nine Cakes for all! Advance tickets are $20 per person, or two for $30, so bring a friend! At the door, tickets are $25 per person, cash.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music315 Columbia St. Between Woodhull & Rapelye Streets,just next to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

Agenda:

1. Final vote on Executive Committee’s recommendation for rezoning our Neighborhood 2. Committee Updates3. Two Guest Speakers: - Milton Puryear, Director of Planning of BGI:“Latest update on Greenway Waterfront Initiative on Columbia Street segment”- Tom Fox, President of NY Water Taxi:“A proposal for the redevelopment of AtlanticBasin as a maritime and community asset”

The Neighborhood Association can only serve you if you participate.Please attend, and tell your neighbors.

About CoWNA:

The formation of the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association was rooted in the wave of community involvement in the Pier 7-12 redevelopment forums co-hosted by the EDC and CB6 during 2005/2006. Since then, CoWNA has grown into an active and participatory neighborhood advocacy group representing the wide array of concerns and interests of the people and businesses who proudly call the Columbia Waterfront home.